myosin
/ˈmaɪ.oʊsɪn/
"myosin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“myosin” is uncommon English (frequency #61,656 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,656
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-myosin · myosin · English
myosin · rank #61,656 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,656
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mylar
Nearest frequency peer: mylar (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “myosin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- muon
muon
38,348 corpus weight
- mura
mura
38,347 corpus weight
- mylar
mylar
38,346 corpus weight
- myosin
myosin
38,345 corpus weight
- Nadi
Nadi
38,344 corpus weight
- Nadler
Nadler
38,343 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “myosin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | myosin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmaɪ.oʊsɪn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “myosin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
myosin is uncommon English at frequency #61,656 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmaɪ.oʊsɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
myosin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From myo- (“relating to muscle”), and Ancient Greek μυός (muós), genitive of μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) + -in. The correct English form is myosin, spelled M-Y-O-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles.
- 2An albuminous body present in dead muscle formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis.
Etymology
From myo- (“relating to muscle”), and Ancient Greek μυός (muós), genitive of μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) + -in.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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